Co-Sponsored by
National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts and
Institute of Business Appraisers
The Westin
Boston Waterfront
425 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210 USA
Phone: (617) 532-4600
Website: click here
NACVA and IBA
rate: $249
(available three days prior to
and three after conference,
based on availability)
Compound Your Career Candlepower Built on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor in 1716, Boston Light was America's first lighthouse. Today it still flashes its 1.75 million candlepower beacon every ten seconds, visible for 27 miles. If you’d like this kind of career candlepower, Boston is the place to be May 27−30, 2009 for NACVA and the IBA’s 2009 Annual Consultants’ Conference. Your beacons for the latest information on topics that have profound impact on your livelihood. Your guides to practical ideas and procedures you can apply in your practice immediately. To Themed, “Valuation and Financial Forensics—Educate, Communicate, Preserve,” this is the premier multi-disciplinary superconference in the valuation and financial forensics industry. Here’s what’s in store for you at the Westin Boston Waterfront: from both NACVA and the IBA over 50 presentations by the guiding lights of their respective disciplines. Nine different tracks: Mainstream Valuation, Progressive Valuation, Litigation Consulting, Forensic Accounting, Academic Research, International Valuation, Practice Management, Consulting Specialties, and Recertification. Plus Keynote speakers and General Sessions: Case Law Update and Industry Standards Update. Also, industry exhibits, mentoring, and networking. |
February 2009 Discount Register and pay by February 28, 2009 and receive a 15% Early Registration Discount. Plus, you’ll be entered in the drawing to win Free Conference Registration. |
Here are the confirmed sessions thus far (many more in the pipeline): (Note that you can select sessions from any category.) Mainstream Valuation “Who Says Valuators Agree on Everything? Burning Issues within the Valuation Industry” by Paul Hood “New Tools at Morningstar and New Research Studies” by James Harrington “Square Pegs in Round Holes: Adjusting Multiples from Public Guidelines for Private Firms” by Don Drysdale “New Formulas for Terminal Value That Overcome the WAAC Problem” by Mike Adhikari “Discount for Lack of Marketability (Liquidity) Models: A Comparative Analysis” by Ashok Abbott "Positive and Negative Indicators: Quantifying Your Ratio Analysis and Its Effect on Compliance Valuations" by Lari Masten Progressive Valuation “Cost of Capital for Distressed Companies” by Roger Grabowski “Marketability Discounts: We Can Now Reconcile Differing Approaches and Methods” by Z. Christopher Mercer “The Butler Pinkerton Model: Beyond the Basics” by Peter Butler & Keith Pinkerton “The Legal Mandate for Fair Market Value: How the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Act, and Intermediate Sanctions Impact Provider Financial Arrangements” by Robert Wade “Five Mistakes Your Auditor Made—How Valuation Professionals Can Overcome Inaccurate Warrant and Option Proceed Allocations as Determined by Auditors or Other Parties Reviewing Their Work” by Lorenzo Carver “The Private Cost of Capital Model” by Robert Slee “International Financial Reporting Standards—Here They Come!” by William Menchero, Deborah Jackson, Remi Forgeas, & David Elsbree Litigation Consulting “How to Determine Reasonable Certainty and Confidence Levels for the Damage Expert” by C.P. “Salty” Schumann “The Critical Interplay between Valuators, Their Clients, and Other Professionals in the Collaborative Divorce Process” by Linda Piff & Lauren Alexander “Calculating and Proving Damages for Patent Claims—Understanding Panduit, Georgia Pacific, Grain Processing, and Other Key Cases” by Bruce Dubinsky “Lost Profits Damages—Keeping the Expert in the Case” by Nancy Fannon & Jonathan Dunitz “An Expert’s Guide to Avoiding Disasters in Litigation” by Michael Kaplan “Mock Deposition for a Business Valuation Engagement” by Robert Vance, Miles Mason, Sr., & Brent McDade “Tricks and Traps in the Valuation of Medical Practices: Compensation, Local Markets, and Cap Rates” by Mark Dietrich Forensic Accounting “Fraud in the Financials: How and Why Auditors Fail to Find Fraud” by Tracy Coenen “Interviewing Skills for the Forensic Accountant” by Paul Zikmund “Office Embezzlement: Key Operational Indicators” by R. Austin Marks “The Forensic Accountant’s Role in Criminal Cases” by James Schaffner "Complex Financial Issues in Divorce" by Karen Kaseno "Identity Theft—Risk Assessment in a Business Environment" by Patricia Perzel Symposiums “Trends in Valuation” “Standards of Value: When Should Fair Value Replace Fair Market Value?” “Real Estate and the Business Appraiser” “Impact of Guaranteed Debt” “Daubert Challenges: What Every Appraiser Needs to Know” “Courtroom Etiquette: Maintaining Credibility While Making Your Best Presentation” "Forensic Business Appraisals: Overcoming Hurdles in Seeking Critical Documents and Information and Reconstructing Business Income in Financial Litigation by Richard Wise" Note: Symposium sessions are longer in duration than standard presentations in order to offer a more in-depth treatment of the topic. Keynotes and General Sessions Opening Keynote Address: “Zero to 60 in the Consulting Niche” by Mel Abraham “Industry Standards Update” by Mark Kucik & Mark Hanson "Case Law Update" by Mel Abraham “Governance, Ethics and Accountability” by Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti Recommended for NACVA Recertification “Case Analysis in Person” “Current Update in Valuations” IBA Pre-Conference Courses “Ethics and Standards Workshop” "The Sale of a Business: Strategies and Techniques Used by Business Intermediaries" Other Features The Academic Research Track will feature cutting-edge presentations that blend scholarly research with practical applications The International Valuation Track will feature Alfred King on International Financial Reporting Standards as well as other global business and international valuation presentations The Practice Management Track will feature “how to do it” sessions The Consulting Specialties Track will reveal the consulting industry’s hottest growth niches Morning CPE Sessions will offer introductions to consulting services (Family Law, Fraud Deterrence, Detection & Investigation, Litigation Consulting and Forensic Accounting) and an understanding of the IBA’s CBA and ABAR certifications And tours of the historic Boston area for your spouse and guests Pricing Register today and save: 15% Early Registration Discount deadline is February 28, 2009. Conference Registration—NACVA or IBA Member: $1,165; Non-Member: $1,295 “Case Analysis in Person” (Wednesday, May 27, 2009)—$195 “Current Update in Valuations” (Wednesday, May 27, 2009)—NACVA or IBA Member: $450; Non-Member: $500 Registration To register, click the button below for the Registration Form, print, complete, and mail or fax it to NACVA: 801-486-7500. Or print and complete the form, scan, then e-mail to nacva1@nacva.com. Or call NACVA Member Services: (800) 677-2009.
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